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Globalization and music festivals: the case of Lollapalooza

Article

Gerard Castillo-Miralles

19/05/2023

13 minutes to read

In this article I will analyze the tense relationship between the local and the global in music festivals. To do so, I will focus on the Lollapalooza festival, known for its eclectic artistic proposal, which is currently present in 8 countries.

Emily in Paris: Bonjour clichés! (Darren Star)

Review

Tinka Krikke

05/05/2021

8 minutes to read

The new series 'Emily in Paris' has already received a lot of attention, but not without the critique. Parisians are routinely portrayed with a very essentialized and stereotypical national identity, which shapes our idea of 'Frenchness'.

The Notre-Dame fire and digital vigilantism

Paper

Iris Dumoulin

21/12/2020

13 minutes to read

The whole world was watching when one of France's famous landmarks was the victim of a major fire. On April 15, 2019, the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral suffered a terrible tragedy. What role did social media play in spreading the news?

FEMEN: "My Body is a Weapon!"

Article

Nataliia Vdovychenko

30/05/2018

9 minutes to read

FEMEN is a sextremist organisation claiming to be feminist. They draw media attention by showing their half-naked bodies in public.

Protecting the Eiffel Tower: It's a wall, not an aesthetic perimeter

Column

Thao Nguyen

11/04/2017

4 minutes to read

The bulletproof glass wall to be built around the Eiffel Tower should not be dismissed as an embellishment. As a security device, it comes with the risk of sacrificing civil liberties in urban space.

Ben Carson tweets '#IamaChristian' right after the Oregon shooting on October 2nd 2015.

Ben Carson's #IamaChristian

Paper

Suleika Gommers

29/08/2016

20 minutes to read

Carsons tweet 'I AM A CHRISTIAN ’ went viral right after the college shooting near Roseburg, Oregon, killing nine people. This paper give insight on the person Ben Carson, what made him tweet these words.